The problem is that web2py does not like spaces '%20' in url and
replaces them with underscore.
On Apr 4, 7:20 am, annet <annet.verm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> After upgrading to web2py version 1.76.5 one of the functions I
> defined no longer works.
>
> I defined a table newsmonth:
>
> db.define_table('newsmonth',
>
> db.Field('number',type='integer',length=2,default='',notnull=True),
> db.Field('month',length=14,default='',notnull=True,unique=True),
> db.Field('publish',type='boolean'),
> migrate=False)
>
> ... which I use to display archived news items per month. Number is
> the number of the month e.g April 4. Month is a string, for April it
> reads like: April 2010. Publish defaults to false and is set to true
> on the 1st of the next month.
>
> In the view I have a list with links:
>
> March 2010
> february 2010
> january 2010
>
> When the visitor clicks March 2010, the news table is queried:
>
> def archive():
>
> months=db(db.newsmonth.publish==True).select(db.newsmonth.ALL,orderby=~db.newsmonth.id)
> news=[]
> month=[]
> if request.args:
> news=db(db.news.publishing_date.month()==request.args[0])\
> .select(db.news.ALL,orderby=~db.news.publishing_date)
> month=request.args[1]
> if not news:
> response.flash='Select an archived month'
> else:
> response.flash='Select an archived month'
> return dict(months=months,news=news,month=month)
>
> month is set to request.args[1], i.e March 2010, and returned to the
> view:
>
> <div id="twoColLayout">
> <div id="primarycontent">
> ....
> <div id="month">
> <h3>Nieuws {{=month.replace('_',' ')}}</h3>
> <table>
> <thead>
> <tr>
> <td></td>
> </tr>
> </thead>
> <tbody>
> {{for item in news:}}
> <tr>
> <td>
>
> <h5>{{=db.news.publishing_date.formatter(item.publishing_date)}}</h5>
> </td>
> <td>
>
> {{=A(item.title,_onmouseover="this.style.cursor='pointer';",\
>
> _onclick="javascript:newsdetails('%s')"%URL(r=request,f='details',args=[item.id]))}}
> </td>
> </tr>
> {{pass}}
> </tbody>
> </table>
> </div> <!-- month -->
> </div> <!-- primarycontent -->
> <div id="sidecontent">
> <div class="sidebox">
> <h3>Archived months:</h3>
> <table>
> <tbody>
> {{for month in months:}}
> <tr>
> <td>
>
> {{=A(month.month,_href=URL(r=request,args=[month.number,month.month]))}}
> </td>
> </tr>
> {{pass}}
> </tbody>
> </table>
> </div> <!-- sidebox -->
> </div> <!-- sidecontent -->
> </div> <!-- twoColLayout -->
>
> When I expose the archive function, the view displays well. The URL
> reads like:http://127.0.0.1:8000/init/news/archive
>
> However, when I click one of the archived months links I get an
> invalid request error.
>
> The link in the view reads like: <a href="init/news/archive/3/March
> %202010">March 2010</a>
>
> ... the URL in the browser reads
> like:http://127.0.0.1:8000/init/news/archive/3/March%202010
>
> Since the function works without args, I suppose the error has
> something to do with the args, the porblem is I can't figure out what.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Annet.
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